Marathon Beaver Creek Pad 1-A

Location

Beaver Creek Unit, Pad 1-A, Kenai, Alaska

Time/Date of Incident

The spill was discovered at 9:10 AM, November 11, 2004. The actual time when the spill occurred remains under investigation by Marathon personnel. The spill was reported to the ADEC at 12:30 pm on November 11, 2004.

Spill Number

04239931601

Product/Quantity

Marathon Oil reports that about 250 barrels (10,500 gallons) of produced fluids (produced water and natural gas condensate) were spilled. This estimate is based upon a review of their injection well records.

Cause

A check valve froze which caused a 1½ inch line to split between a skim tank and gas processing equipment.